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Write-once data writing system for optical recording medium

US4815062A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 21, 1987
Grant dateMar 21, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B2220/218
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a write-once data writing method for optical recording medium of a type wherein a data track includes a plurality of sectors each having at least a preamble and data. A deceleration region is provided at a position following the last recorded sector on a track including both recorded and blank areas, the length of the deceleration region corresponding to a deceleration time necessary to change the relative moving rate of a writing/reading head with respect to the optical recording medium from one for reading to another for writing, and then additional data is recorded sector by sector at region following said deceleration region. Also, disclosed is an apparatus for achieving the method.

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